Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14458517 - FOOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MAST AND CARRIAGE OF FORKLIFT

Accident Summary Nr: 14458517 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 04/09/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2812386	04/14/1986	5411	0	Basics And More Food Store

Abstract: AN ALLIS CHALMERS FORK LIFT WAS BEING USED TO LIFT A PALLET OF OVERSTOCKED ITEMS TO THE SEVEN FOOT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 RODE THE PALLET UP AND BEGAN PLACING THE OVERSTOCK ITEMS ON THE SHELF. THE FORK TRUCK OPERATOR HAD TILTED THE FORKS AND CARRIAGE FORWARD TO ASSIST EMPLOYEE #1 IN UNLOADING THE PALLET. WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 FINISHED UNLOADING THE PALLET, HE STEPPED FROM THE PALLET TO THE MAST. THE OPERATOR THEN BROUGHT THE CARRIAGE BACK TO THE VERTICAL POSITION IN ITS CRADLE. EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MAST AND THE CARRIAGE. THE EMPLOYER HAD NO POLICY PROHIBITING RIDING THE FORKS OF THE FORK TRUCK.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MANUAL MAT HANDLING, ANKLE, FOOT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2812386			Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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